Chateau residents turned away from polls

[SomeGuyInEagan]

From the Minnesota Daily:

"Chateau residents turned away from polls

On Election Day, Jill Stein’s third try at the polls was the charm.

And as the Senate battle rages, her persistence — and that of other University of Minnesota students initially turned away at the polls — could make a difference.

Stein, a Spanish and speech, language and hearing sciences senior, first tried to vote in Dinkytown, where she thought she was registered.

She wasn’t, so she got a rent statement from her apartment complex, The Chateau, which was intended to allow her to register the same day.

Back at the polls, an election official told her she needed to bring a bill instead, and that he had already turned away others at the polls.

She ended up going to her home precinct in Robbinsdale to cast her ballot later that evening, after class and work, where she was “thankfully” able to vote.

Kristina Bjornson, who was responsible for revising the rent statement for Chateau residents on Election Day, said tenants had successfully used the original statement in the 2006 election."

Entire story at:

http://www.mndaily.com/2008/11/30/chateau-residents-turned-away-polls

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The story doesn't say how many voters were affected. Is the apartment complex (The Chateau) in the story the complex at 13th Avenue Southeast and 5th Street Southeast in Dinkytown? Seems to be some missing information to the story, but ultimately, it sounds like some people may not have gotten to vote when they tried to same-day register because of miscommunication about proof of residency.